Opus sectile is a form of pietra dura popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut and inlaid into walls and floors to...

church preserve opus sectile decoration. St. Nicholas Church opus sectile St. Nicholas Church opus sectile St. Nicholas Church opus sectile The Orthodox...

villa and its artwork date to the early 4th century AD. The mosaic and opus sectile floors cover some 3,500 m2 and are almost unique in their excellent state...

considered original. The floor, executed primarily in opus sectile and to a lesser extent in opus tessellatum, dates to either the late eleventh century...

opus sectile from the triclinium (Antiquarium) opus sectile from the triclinium (Antiquarium) opus sectile from the triclinium (Antiquarium) opus sectile...

below, whereas opus sectile also includes figurative designs made in the same technique. Opus alexandrinum is another form of opus sectile, where only a...

Orientali, in via Napoleone III, 3. It is best known for its examples of opus sectile work. The basilica was built by Junius Bassus in 331 during his consulate...

rich marble opus sectile floor. On the north side of this peristyle was a large triclinium overlooking the lake, also with an opus sectile floor. Surrounding...

Cosmatesque. Similarly, for works that use larger pieces of stone or tile, opus sectile may be used. Pietra dura is essentially stone marquetry. As a high expression...

clay sealing inscribed in Hebrew, Persian period YHD coins, Herodian opus sectile tiles, Byzantine tesserae, and arrowheads, mostly from the Crusader period...

large Nike statue, and a statue of Aphrodite. A high quality panel of opus sectile flooring, composed of several types of marble inlaid in a geometric pattern...

Triomphe du Carrousel are made of griotte. The Opus Alexandrinum pavement of Bristol Cathedral and Opus Sectile floors of Peterborough Cathedral are made of...

supporting the weight of the dome and ceiling. Below the dome is an Opus sectile pavement of multicolored stones. The church was built with a cross-in-square...

Dionysius (Capitoline Museum) Commodus as Hercules (Capitoline Museum) Opus sectile marble floor, part of the "Alabaster floor" (Capitoline Museum) Woman...

the columns and some of the opus sectile. There are conch mosaics in the basilica's three apses and the fine opus sectile on the central apse wall is...

as "crazy paving". Opus sectile: A major shape (e.g. heart, letter, cat) is formed by a single tessera, as later in pietra dura. Opus classicum: When vermiculatum...

of the decorational scheme of the second phase (such as the mosaic, opus sectile and paint work). Like many ancient Roman houses, the House of the Faun...

techniques: opus tessellatum, opus vermiculatum and opus sectile. The external black and white geometric border is created with the opus tessellatum technique...

most of the original elements still in place, as well as the oldest opus sectile floor, both modeled after the Desiderian basilica of Montecassino. Menna...

Zodiac detail, from the opus sectile pavement in San Miniato...

and grace to the whole structure. The floor was decorated in colourful opus sectile, i.e. rectangular slabs of marble bordered by strips in giallo antico...

Domus Transitoria, with marble-lined pools and paving in multicoloured opus sectile. Unimpressed by Hadrian's architectural design for the temple, his most...

with "artificial stalactites and encrustations" as well as a coloured opus sectile floor, and a "room" left of the Polyphemus group had a number of theatrical...

and covered within a four-posted baldachin. The aisles were paved in opus sectile while the nave was paved with polychrome mosaics. The complex included...

2011. Front of Hagia Sophia in İznik Exterior of Hagia Sophia in İznik Opus sectile floor in entrance of Hagia Sophia in İznik Interior of Hagia Sophia in...

Sophia. The spandrels of the gallery are faced in inlaid thin slabs (opus sectile), showing patterns and figures of flowers and birds in precisely cut...

but not both in a grid, which would be opus regulatum. Mosaic Mosaics of Delos Opus regulatum Opus sectile Opus vermiculatum Smith 1983, pp. 116–119. Smith...

bricks of tuff, referred to as cubilia, placed around a core of opus caementicium. Opus sectile Art technique popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman...

1016/j.jas.2013.07.017. hdl:2158/1297266. Oliver, Andrew (2001). "A Glass Opus Sectile Panel from Corinth" (PDF). Hesperia: The Journal of the American School...

basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, famous for its opus sectile decoration. Elsner, J.R., Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art...